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Metropolis : (noun)
1: a large and densely populated urban area; may include
several independent administrative districts; "Ancient
Troy was a great city" [syn: city, urban center]
2: people living in a large densely populated municipality;
"the city voted for Republicans in 1994" [syn: city]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Metropolis : \Me*trop"o*lis\, n. [L. metropolis, Gr. ?, prop., the
mother city (in relation to colonies); ? mother _ ? city. See
Mother, and Police.]
1. The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or
country.
[Edinburgh] gray metropolis of the North.
--Tennyson.
2. (Eccl.) The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest
church dignitary.
The great metropolis and see of Rome. --Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Metropolis, IL (city, FIPS 48645)
Location: 37.15219 N, 88.71196 W
Population (1990): 6734 (3137 housing units)
Area: 12.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 62960
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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